April 8th

Looks like the 7th was the last of the warm days for a while. Bat activity was constant (The night of the 7th) but not very high all night, even though it stayed in the mid to upper 50's till almost dawn. Rain set in before we were all up and moving and looks like it's here to stay. I think females were more prevalent than males last night. A first for the project.

Weather forecast compliments of www.weather.com

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Somerset, PA National Weather Service Local Forecast

Issued at 3:30 PM EDT - Saturday, April 8, 2000

Tonight: Windy and cold with snow showers. Accumulation of 1 to 2 Inches likely. Low near 25 with wind chills Zero to 10 below. Northwest wind 20 to 30 mph and gusty. Chance of snow 80 percent.

Sunday: Scattered morning snow showers...Otherwise mostly Cloudy and windy. High in the mid to upper 30s. Chance of snow 50 Percent. Northwest wind 20 to 30 mph with gusts around 40 mph.

Sunday night: Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Low in The upper 20s.

Monday: Partly cloudy. High 45 to 50.

Extended forecast:

Tuesday: Chance of showers. Low in the 30s. High 50 to 55.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy. Low in the 30s. High near 50.

Thursday: Partly cloudy. Low in the 30s. High in the 50s

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Based on the forcast it looks like a week of very cold and unexciting field work.

However you can look forward to more web updates on our gear, descriptions of the bats of PA along with photos of all identifying traits, and possibly short bios on the key people working on this project.....